The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 2014
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
7:01 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1133
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.8° / 176.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.48° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.37° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.