The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2179
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
10:57 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3174
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 10.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.24° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.35° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| 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.