The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% 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
5:57 PM
2:18 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2828
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -25.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.51° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.00° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.