The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 1987
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
8:36 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 800
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 132.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 12.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.81° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.53° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.