The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2125
Waning Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2506
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 | 263.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.76° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.13° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.18° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.