The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 2115
Waxing Crescent
17.3% 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
10:55 AM
10:32 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2383
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 107.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.09° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.06° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.97° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.