The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2128
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
5:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2543
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 | 311.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 233.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.85° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.29° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.