The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2014
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
5:48 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1133
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 | 317.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 06m / 17.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.69° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.89° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.