The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
5:36 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 750
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.54° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.60° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.