The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
12:26 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1047
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 | 108.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -28.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.87° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.40° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.