The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1975
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
8:35 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 651
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 306.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / 0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.10° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.15° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.