The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 2019
Last Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
2:26 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1195
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.76° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.89° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.60° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.