The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
8:56 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1220
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 294.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / -4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.41° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.33° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.