The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% 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
5:15 PM
2:38 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1616
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.34° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.02° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.