The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 2052
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
7:39 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1603
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 | 349.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 155.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.13° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.99° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.