The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2964
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 8.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -14.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.05° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.63° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.