The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
2:43 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 379
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 | 136.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.0° / 53.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -24.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.93° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.78° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.