The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1994
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
7:13 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 886
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 | 184.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.02° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 22.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.