The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
4:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 750
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 | 158.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.9° / 349.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.69° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.79° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.