The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1982
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
11:39 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 738
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 97.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.46° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.68° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.