The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1902
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
10:24 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -252
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 9.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.13° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.66° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.