The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 2095
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
4:02 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2135
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.73° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.59° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.