The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Waning Gibbous
74.6% 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
11:11 PM
11:49 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1232
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 7.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.38° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.16° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.