The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 1982
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
10:13 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 738
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 | 33.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.09° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.38° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.