The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 2009
Waxing Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
10:14 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.18° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.13° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.54° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.