The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
6:06 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 849
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 331.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.91° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.