The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1990
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
9:31 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 837
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 | 38.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.34° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.58° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.