The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2153
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
9:36 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2853
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 6.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.80° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.83° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.