The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1917
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
9:43 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -66
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 | 65.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 117.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.52° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.95° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.