The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 2047
Waxing Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
9:43 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1542
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 116.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.26° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.00° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.17° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.