The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 2057
Waning Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
4:53 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1665
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.07° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.42° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.