The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 2009
Waxing Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
9:16 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.48° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.01° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.