The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1949
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
7:13 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 329
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.1° / 211.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 26.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.67° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.36° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.