The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 2013
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
10:51 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1121
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 8.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.48° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.90° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.