The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
2:13 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1047
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 | 132.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -27.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.16° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.01° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.