The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 2077
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
10:49 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1913
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 | 55.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.73° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.11° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.