The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 1970
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
12:17 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 242.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.72° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.35° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| 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.