The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 2050
Waxing Crescent
40.5% 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
1:37 PM
11:51 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1579
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.59° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.06° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.