The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 2050
Waxing Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
10:04 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1579
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -7.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.30° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.74° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.