The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 1929
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
9:56 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 82
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 0.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.18° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.36° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.