The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2190
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
1:28 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3310
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.04° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.74° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.