The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
10:49 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 49.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -3.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.41° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.35° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.