The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
4:04 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 849
Events on this date
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.79° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.18° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.