The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2149
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
9:16 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2803
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 | 211.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / -4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.22° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.38° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.