The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 2090
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
7:00 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2073
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 | 336.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.5° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.15° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.36° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.