The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 2081
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
10:46 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1962
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 | 225.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.80° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.32° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.