The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1974
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
10:55 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 639
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 | 66.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 106.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -16.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.29° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.74° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.50° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.