The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2014
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
7:33 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1133
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.8° / 156.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.33° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.61° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.