The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 1930
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
7:08 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 94
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 | 324.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.5° / 217.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.52° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.56° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.