The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 1949
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
7:52 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 329
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 | 339.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.9° / 164.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 22.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.81° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.61° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.