The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2153
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
10:27 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2853
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -7.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.77° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.36° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.