The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 1906
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
8:33 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -202
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 | 20.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 133.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 7.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.19° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.89° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.