The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
1:46 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2692
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 | 123.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 72.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.06° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.99° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.