The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 1994
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
8:15 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 886
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 | 196.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 308.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.90° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.74° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.