The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
12:17 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2457
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.16° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.00° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.