The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2035
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
11:24 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1393
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 283.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.64° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.35° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.