The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
2:13 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1987
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.77° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.22° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.