The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1960
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
7:54 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 465
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.0° / 149.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.47° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.86° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.