The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1938
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
6:50 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 193
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.9° / 185.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.70° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.37° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.