The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2004
Waxing Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
11:11 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1010
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 | 67.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.41° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.47° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.