The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 2038
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1430
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.39° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.18° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.