The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2058
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
10:14 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1678
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 | 37.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 1.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.43° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.17° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.