The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1910
Waning Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
8:52 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -153
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 | 218.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 302.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / -0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.92° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.07° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.