The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 1990
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
8:45 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 837
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 | 14.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 128.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.49° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.06° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.