The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
3:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 713
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 | 146.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 25.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.37° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.20° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.