The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 1940
Waning Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
12:06 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 242.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 10.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.82° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.73° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.