The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1959
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
10:58 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 453
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 | 229.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.33° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.13° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.