The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Waning Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
5:04 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1096
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 | 301.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.97° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.46° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.