The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 2044
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
7:45 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1504
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.3° / 163.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.36° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.19° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.