The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 2020
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
11:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1208
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 | 75.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.80° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.08° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| 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.