The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 1993
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
11:49 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 874
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 | 80.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.96° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.47° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.