The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
12:41 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 250.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 10.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.18° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.74° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.