The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 1905
Waning Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
12:45 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -215
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 | 263.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.81° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.48° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.