The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 2055
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
9:47 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1641
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 114.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.18° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.84° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.