The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
10:19 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 36.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 2.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.77° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.58° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.