The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 2149
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
10:26 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2803
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 | 224.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 0.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.46° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.57° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.