The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
1:54 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 107
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -28.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.62° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.22° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.