The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 1943
Last Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
2:18 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 255
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 268.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.64° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.38° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.