The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
2:51 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1653
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 | 135.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.77° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.60° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.