The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 1978
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
11:31 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 688
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 | 236.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.52° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.94° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.