The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1955
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
10:02 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 404
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 | 48.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.01° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.52° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.