The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
2:48 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1517
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 | 137.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.4° / 52.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -25.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.35° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.62° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.