The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1987
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
7:48 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 799
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 | 339.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.3° / 164.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.92° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.99° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.