The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 1948
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
9:24 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 317
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 | 212.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / -2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.44° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.96° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.