The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
12:16 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1950
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 | 105.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.04° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.04° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.