The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 2073
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
10:24 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1863
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 | 223.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.99° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.53° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| 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.