The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 2123
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
9:11 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2482
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 | 29.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 122.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -4.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.17° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.62° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.