The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1995
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
7:10 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 898
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 | 342.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.4° / 169.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.27° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.79° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.