The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
3:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -5
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 29.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.76° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.33° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.