The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 1925
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
9:43 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 33
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 | 23.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 114.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.70° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.58° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.