The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2017
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
10:08 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1171
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 | 36.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / 0.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.20° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.20° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.