The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2079
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
7:30 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1937
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 | 332.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.7° / 186.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.39° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.12° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.