The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
4:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 713
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.6° / 351.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.45° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.01° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.