The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
4:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.5° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.23° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.39° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.