The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 2070
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
7:40 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1826
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 | 190.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 312.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.05° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.75° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.