The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1903
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
7:06 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -240
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.5° / 168.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 9.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.73° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.18° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.