The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
1:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1987
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 | 117.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.57° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.41° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.