The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
2:48 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1418
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 54.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.66° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.41° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.