The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
5:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2729
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 | 160.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 353.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.76° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.23° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.