The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
2:50 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2259
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 | 133.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.62° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.99° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| 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.