The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Last Quarter
55.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.47° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.95° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.