The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1914
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
7:58 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -103
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 | 15.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 142.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 5.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.67° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.35° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.