The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 2044
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
8:41 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1505
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 | 8.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 129.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 8.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.53° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.32° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.