The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 2016
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
10:23 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.40° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.35° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| 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.