The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 1911
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
6:55 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -141
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 | 340.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.9° / 207.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.61° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.50° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.