The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 2039
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
10:11 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1443
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 2.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.91° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.97° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.