The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 2118
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
11:02 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2420
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.96° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.10° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| 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.