The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 2077
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
10:27 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1913
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 107.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.90° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.35° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.