The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1938
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
5:17 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 307.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 242.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 19.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.06° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.89° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| 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.