The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 2133
Waning Gibbous
71.0% 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
11:18 PM
12:18 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2605
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 | 245.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.98° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.28° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.57° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.