The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
2:21 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3162
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 | 128.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.73° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.62° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.