The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
3:37 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3063
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 | 147.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.2° / 25.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.09° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.02° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.