The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1929
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
8:52 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 82
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 | 206.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 294.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.31° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.17° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.