The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1959
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
11:55 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 453
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.52° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.32° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.