The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
1:49 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1517
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 | 126.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.37° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.81° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.