The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 2148
Waxing Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2791
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.18° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.03° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.