The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 2015
Waxing Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 77.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.30° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.24° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.