The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 2063
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
7:40 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1739
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 | 340.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.1° / 166.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.96° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.99° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.