The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
2:56 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -91
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 | 151.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.6° / 47.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.97° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.69° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.