The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 1926
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
6:41 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 45
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 309.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.76° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.38° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.