The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
4:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1183
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 | 159.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.8° / 349.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.36° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.61° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.