The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 1986
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
9:49 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 787
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 | 216.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.33° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.