The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1986
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
10:55 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 787
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 | 228.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.69° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.52° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.