The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 1909
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
10:14 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -165
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 | 62.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 110.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.79° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.74° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.