The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
4:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 280
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.6° / 358.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.23° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.17° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.