The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1923
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
11:09 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 8
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 101.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -4.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.26° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.08° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.