The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 1921
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
10:34 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -17
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 | 224.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.43° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.76° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.