The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
1:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1381
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 | 119.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.78° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.83° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.