The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
12:37 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 441
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 | 100.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 84.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.89° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.24° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.