The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Waning Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
4:14 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1096
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 | 289.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 263.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 23.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.15° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.23° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.