The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 2016
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
11:32 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 6.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.81° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.55° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.