The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2198
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
11:43 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3409
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 12.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.64° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.14° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.