The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 1917
Waxing Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
9:11 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -66
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 122.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.24° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.18° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.