The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 2054
Waning Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
10:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1628
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 | 226.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.61° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.94° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.