The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
5:12 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 985
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.8° / 330.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.96° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.01° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.