The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
12:42 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3397
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -23.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.08° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.21° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.