The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 1932
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
1:10 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 119
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.41° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.15° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.