The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2080
First Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1950
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -25.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.75° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.25° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.