The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 1908
Waning Crescent
23.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
4:09 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -178
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 | 302.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.79° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.37° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.