The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2008
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1059
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 | 278.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 26.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.78° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.60° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.