The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 2058
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
11:04 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1678
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 | 60.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 102.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.44° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.71° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.