The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 1994
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
10:15 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 886
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.82° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.12° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.