The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 2000
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
2:14 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 960
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 15.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.33° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.81° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.