The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1994
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
9:16 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 886
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 | 208.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 301.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / 2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.49° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.93° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| 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.