The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1936
Waxing Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
11:09 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 169
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.03° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.64° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.