The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 1966
First Quarter
45.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 540
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.39° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.09° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.86° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.