The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
10:58 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1109
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 105.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.77° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.90° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.