The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
1:17 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 110.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 77.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.45° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.83° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.