The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% 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
3:56 PM
1:14 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 911
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 | 109.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.27° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.41° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.