The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1935
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 156
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 | 276.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 24.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.18° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.80° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.