The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1925
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
10:12 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 33
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 2.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.11° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.34° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.