The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 1981
Waning Crescent
27.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
4:39 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.2%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 725
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 20.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.67° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.44° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.