The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1978
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 688
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.42° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.33° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.