The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 2059
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
6:49 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1690
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -14.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.32° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.