The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 2069
Waxing Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
10:32 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1814
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 | 54.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.32° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.93° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.