The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 2185
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
5:40 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3248
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.7° / 235.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.98° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.50° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.