The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 1903
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
6:24 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -240
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.9° / 196.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.60° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.93° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.