The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
2:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1851
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 | 124.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.6° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.23° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.44° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.