The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 2092
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
12:07 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2098
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.47° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.54° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.