The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 2141
Waning Gibbous
83.2% 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
10:02 PM
11:01 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2704
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 | 228.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.12° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.97° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.