The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% 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
5:42 PM
2:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 8
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 50.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.63° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.81° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.