The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2006
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
8:48 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 9.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.82° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.72° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.