The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
2:18 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3434
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.72° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.38° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| 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.