The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 1975
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
6:41 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 651
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 324.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.23° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 315.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.