The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1901
Waxing Crescent
44.3% 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
12:54 PM
11:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -264
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.18° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.11° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.