The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 1954
Last Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 391
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 24.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.14° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.61° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.