The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 1937
Waning Gibbous
96.7% 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
8:52 PM
8:36 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 181
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 | 200.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / 0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.60° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.78° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.