The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 2022
Waning Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
5:03 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1232
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.6° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 26.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.82° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.23° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.