The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 1923
Waxing Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
11:48 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 8
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.61° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.85° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.