The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1946
Waning Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
4:22 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 292
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.26° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.26° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.