The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 2112
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
9:15 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2346
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 121.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.82° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.87° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.