The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 1962
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
2:34 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 490
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 267.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.02° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.18° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.