The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 2004
First Quarter
52.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1010
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -23.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.00° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.04° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.