The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
12:06 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 342
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.48° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.82° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.