The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2081
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
11:47 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1962
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 | 236.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.76° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.52° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.