The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 1951
Waning Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
12:58 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 354
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 | 249.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.74° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.75° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.