The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1992
Waning Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
4:53 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 861
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.06° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.66° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| 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.