The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1960
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
9:00 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 466
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 5.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.16° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.65° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.