The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 1990
Waxing Crescent
5.3% 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
9:05 AM
9:08 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 837
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.56° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.82° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.