The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% 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
5:48 PM
2:55 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 713
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 51.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.69° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.38° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.