The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% 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
4:48 PM
2:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 8
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.96° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.00° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| 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.