The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1715
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -25.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.74° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.85° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.