The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
1:01 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1950
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -28.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.13° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.84° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.