The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 1984
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
7:20 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 762
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 | 330.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.2° / 196.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 23.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.81° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.56° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.