The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2051
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
9:51 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1591
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 4.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.10° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.32° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.