The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
12:26 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 911
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 | 96.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 86.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.35° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.61° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.