The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2009
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
9:44 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1072
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 | 43.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.55° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.62° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.77° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.