The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2059
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
8:08 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1690
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 | 198.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -8.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.58° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.73° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.