The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
12:36 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3261
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 | 98.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.37° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.42° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.