The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 1948
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
10:24 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 317
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 | 222.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 289.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 3.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.37° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.15° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.