The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 1971
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
8:35 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 602
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 131.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 7.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.90° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.89° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.4° |
| 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.