The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2136
Waning Crescent
15.8% 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
2:21 AM
6:22 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2642
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.0° / 244.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 27.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.44° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.08° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.