The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2008
Waning Gibbous
75.4% 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
10:29 PM
12:02 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1059
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.48° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.98° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.