The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 21, 2156
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
10:30 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2890
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 | 60.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.50° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.69° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.