The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 2022
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
10:42 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1232
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 1.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.06° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.97° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.