The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1914
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
8:23 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -103
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 133.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.21° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.10° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.