The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2076
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
4:43 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1900
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 | 295.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.83° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.00° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.