The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 2137
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
10:24 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2655
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 | 56.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.20° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.50° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.