The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2160
Waning Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
11:17 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2939
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 | 231.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.38° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.77° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.