The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 1962
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 490
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 | 260.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 12.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.19° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.97° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.