The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2043
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
10:06 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1492
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 | 218.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 294.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.25° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.73° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.