The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2098
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
4:40 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2172
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 | 290.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 27.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.90° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.23° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.