The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
5:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 849
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 | 160.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.6° / 350.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.77° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.99° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.