The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 2005
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
8:57 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1022
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 | 207.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 296.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -3.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.71° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.95° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.