The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 1924
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
2:33 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 20
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 15.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.37° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.79° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.