The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2165
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
7:32 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3001
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 308.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.87° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.36° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.