The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 1900
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
5:43 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -277
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 | 332.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.0° / 221.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.52° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.27° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.