The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 1944
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
10:54 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 268
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 | 52.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.90° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.30° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.