The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1997
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 923
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.10° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.14° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.