The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 2022
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
5:55 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1232
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.64° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.45° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.