The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1998
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
8:44 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 936
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 | 6.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 130.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.05° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.51° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.