The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
1:15 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1047
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 | 120.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -28.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.35° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.20° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.