The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 2097
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
7:16 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2160
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 | 187.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 305.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -12.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.16° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.15° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.