The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2111
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
11:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2333
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 6.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.70° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.14° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.