The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2012
Waxing Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
11:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1109
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 100.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.91° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.68° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.