The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% 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
3:32 PM
12:45 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -29
Events on this date
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 84.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.55° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.61° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.