The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 2061
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
11:18 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1715
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.93° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.28° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.