The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2046
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
11:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1529
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 | 235.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.07° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.35° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.