The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 2024
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:29 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 11.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.17° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.12° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.