The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 2122
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
11:08 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2469
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 | 229.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.01° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.17° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.