The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1987
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
8:14 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 799
Events on this date
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.5° / 143.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.83° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.23° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.