The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2063
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
7:02 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1739
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.3° / 209.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 24.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.05° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.75° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.