The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 2071
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
7:44 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1838
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 | 350.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 153.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.13° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.80° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.