The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2069
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
11:05 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1814
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.15° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.70° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.