The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
1:00 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 107
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 | 117.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -28.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.68° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.42° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.