The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
5:25 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 45
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 329.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.54° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.80° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.