The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 2005
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
10:12 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1022
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 | 220.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.23° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.13° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.