The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
5:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 515
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 | 173.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 318.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.98° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.19° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 218.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.