The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2161
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
9:26 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2952
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 | 33.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 120.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.04° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.01° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.