The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2106
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2271
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.42° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / 1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.38° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.