The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2003
Waning Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
4:11 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 997
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 24.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.01° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.43° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.