The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 2177
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
7:25 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3149
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.3° / 166.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.39° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.41° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.