The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 2051
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
7:29 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1591
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 | 188.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 314.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.71° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.96° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 44.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.