The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
12:30 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 99.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.89° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.02° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.03° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.