The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2068
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
4:08 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1801
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.0° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.76° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.20° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.