The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 2163
Waning Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
3:10 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2976
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.32° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.77° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.