The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
12:53 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2692
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 | 111.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -25.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.79° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.19° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.