The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 2047
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
8:16 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1542
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 137.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 7.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.21° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.89° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 335.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.