The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
8:56 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.63° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.00° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.74° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.