The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 1959
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
9:58 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 453
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 | 218.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 292.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 2.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.94° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.