The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 2175
Waxing Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
10:23 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3125
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 | 57.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 110.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.21° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.10° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.