The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 1947
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
11:53 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 305
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.86° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.78° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.65° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.