The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1047
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.66° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.61° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.