The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 1944
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
10:28 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 268
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 | 41.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 107.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / 0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.99° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.54° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.