The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2109
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
5:42 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2308
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 | 314.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.17° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.69° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.