The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1979
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
8:50 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 701
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 127.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 7.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.22° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.08° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.