The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 1905
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -215
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.92° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.70° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.