The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 2100
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
10:34 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2197
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 8.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.84° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.91° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.