The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2002
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
6:14 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 985
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.33° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 194.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.