The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
1:30 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -29
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 | 114.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 75.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.40° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.41° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.