The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 2043
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
8:55 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1492
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -2.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.32° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.55° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.