The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2060
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
5:56 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1702
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.8° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 27.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.50° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.84° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.