The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 1967
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
8:08 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 552
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 | 198.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -8.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.91° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.36° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.