The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
3:49 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 146.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.19° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.60° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.