The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 2002
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
8:17 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 985
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 | 199.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -8.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.63° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.54° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.