The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Waxing Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
11:10 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1245
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -15.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.61° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.67° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.