The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2071
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
7:00 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1838
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.2° / 181.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.09° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.56° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.