The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Waning Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
12:36 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1022
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 | 246.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 285.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.90° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.52° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.