The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2096
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
11:07 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2148
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 | 64.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.25° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.31° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.