The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1936
Waxing Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
10:35 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 169
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 108.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.18° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.87° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.