The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
3:43 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1888
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.6° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -21.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.12° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.61° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.