The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 1951
Waning Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
11:51 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 354
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.02° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.55° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.