The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 2122
Waning Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
12:21 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2469
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 | 243.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.52° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.36° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.