The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 2050
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
10:36 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1579
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 | 56.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 108.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.22° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.51° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.