The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% 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
6:02 PM
3:25 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3199
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 38.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.94° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.01° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| 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.