The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 1982
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
10:41 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 738
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 105.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.63° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.55° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.14° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.