The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2188
Waning Crescent
1.5% 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
5:19 AM
8:13 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3285
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 | 346.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.1° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.29° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.65° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.