The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 2096
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
10:43 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2148
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 | 53.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.23° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.54° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.