The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 1960
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
8:28 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 466
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.0° / 135.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.73° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.89° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.