The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 2161
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
8:15 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2952
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 138.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 5.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.83° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.50° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 336.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.