The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
2:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 713
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 | 121.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 67.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.44° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.58° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| 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.