The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
3:51 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1653
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.1° / 22.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.42° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.41° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.