The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 2104
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
9:18 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2247
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 | 33.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 120.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.77° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.20° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.