The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1970
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
1:29 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 255.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.47° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.55° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.