The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% 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
4:15 PM
1:28 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 441
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.49° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.04° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| 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.