The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 1935
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
5:10 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 156
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 | 300.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.5° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.86° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.24° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.