The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 1913
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
11:19 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -116
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 15.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.75° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.87° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.