The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2145
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
10:06 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2754
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 112.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.64° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.17° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.