The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 2013
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
9:46 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1121
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 | 214.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.72° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.