The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 2004
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
11:43 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1010
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 | 80.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.09° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.25° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.