The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 2082
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
7:39 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1974
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.7° / 164.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.64° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.79° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.