The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 2009
Waxing Crescent
2.4% 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
8:17 AM
8:50 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 127.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 2.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.01° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.25° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.