The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 2054
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
9:43 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1628
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 | 215.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.75° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| 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.