The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 2054
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
12:37 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1628
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 | 249.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 10.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.36° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.77° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.34° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.