The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 2069
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
11:42 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1814
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 | 75.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.94° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.48° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.