The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 2138
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
10:29 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2667
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 | 222.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.70° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.33° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.