The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 2008
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
1:16 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1059
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 | 252.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.46° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.18° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.