The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% 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
4:08 PM
12:10 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1987
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.34° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.62° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.