The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
9:36 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1171
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 | 24.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 117.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.94° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.44° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.