The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 1938
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
6:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 320.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.2° / 217.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.80° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.13° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.