The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2126
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
10:47 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2519
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 106.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -8.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.29° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.75° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.