The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 2058
Waxing Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
10:38 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1678
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.84° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.93° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.