The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 1993
Waxing Crescent
30.9% 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
12:42 PM
11:03 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 874
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 | 67.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.90° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.70° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.