The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2100
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
8:31 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2197
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 | 200.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -3.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.40° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.54° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.