The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2133
Last Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2605
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.41° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.98° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.