The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 2062
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
10:14 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1727
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 | 219.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.80° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.54° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.