The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 2006
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
7:37 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1034
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 | 336.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.7° / 175.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.82° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.56° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.