The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
3:57 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 8
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 25.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.09° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.62° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.