The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
3:13 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2024
Events on this date
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.0° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.79° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.59° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| 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.