The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 2168
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
10:28 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3038
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 | 224.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 286.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 1.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.06° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.37° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.