The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2013
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
8:39 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1121
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 | 201.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 0.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.14° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.53° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.