The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
3:30 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2964
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 | 140.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 37.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.54° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.82° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.