The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2064
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
1:12 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1752
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 | 118.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.34° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.22° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| 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.