The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 1930
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
7:52 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 94
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 | 338.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.6° / 166.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 23.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.59° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.80° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.