The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 2183
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
11:05 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3224
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 | 59.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 102.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.74° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.30° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.