The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 2024
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
10:13 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 292.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 4.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.50° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.93° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.