The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2066
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
8:21 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1777
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 135.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 5.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.27° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.08° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.