The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 2117
Waning Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
5:56 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 2407
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.7° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 28.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.10° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / -6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.26° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.