The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 1941
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
7:34 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 230
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 | 346.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.8° / 160.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 13.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.22° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.03° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.