The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
4:49 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2395
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.5° / 338.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.52° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.62° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.7° |
| 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.