The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2085
Waxing Crescent
9.7% 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
10:01 AM
9:24 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2012
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 | 35.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 119.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.24° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.79° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.