The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2042
Waxing Crescent
29.2% 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
12:27 PM
10:58 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -14.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.08° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.09° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.