The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 2160
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
12:18 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2939
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 | 242.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 288.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.81° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.97° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.