The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1921
Waning Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
11:33 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -17
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.78° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.96° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.