The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 1989
Waning Gibbous
73.5% 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
10:37 PM
12:14 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 824
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 | 241.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.50° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.15° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| 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.