The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
3:48 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2259
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 | 144.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 29.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.08° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.80° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.