The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
2:39 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1888
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.42° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.79° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.