The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:42 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 99.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.16° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.82° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.