The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
5:12 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 379
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 343.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.71° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.41° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.