The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 2019
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
3:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1195
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 51m / 19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.73° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.00° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.81° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.