The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 2088
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
11:40 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2049
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -14.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.75° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.89° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.