The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 2060
Waning Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
6:47 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1702
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.8° / 231.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 26.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.91° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.07° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.