The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1966
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
11:29 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 540
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 | 71.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -13.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.71° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.08° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.