The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 2023
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
10:45 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1245
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.22° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.89° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.