The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
7:29 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1121
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 | 188.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 314.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -4.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.84° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.