The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 1998
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
9:45 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 936
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 | 29.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.49° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.03° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.