The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 1971
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
9:16 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 602
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 | 29.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 120.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.82° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.40° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.