The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1973
Waning Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
5:02 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.2° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.92° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.87° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.