The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
11:24 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1022
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.30° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.32° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.