The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
5:49 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 168.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.04° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.23° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.