The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
1:27 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 111.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 75.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.14° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.61° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.