The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
6:49 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1084
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 323.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.90° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 325.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.