The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 1902
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
9:19 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -252
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 | 221.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 304.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 5.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.61° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.47° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.