The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 23, 2145
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
11:22 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2754
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.36° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.71° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.