The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 2066
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
9:41 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1777
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 117.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.14° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.36° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.