The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 1976
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
5:29 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 663
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 | 311.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.37° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.50° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| 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.