The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 2149
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
11:36 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2803
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.78° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.76° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.