The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 2168
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
9:25 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3038
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 | 212.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.18° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.