The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1480
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 | 98.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.15° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.44° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.