The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2108
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
8:46 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2296
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 | 203.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.84° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.32° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.