The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2077
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
10:05 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1913
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 110.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 2.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.08° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.58° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.