The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2085
Waxing Crescent
1.7% 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
8:04 AM
8:35 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2012
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 | 13.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.33° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.27° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.