The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 2001
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
11:53 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 75.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.31° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.74° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.89° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.