The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2194
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
10:45 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3360
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 | 66.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 107.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.71° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.27° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.