The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2019
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 258.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 12.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.14° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.38° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.