The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
12:20 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2049
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 | 96.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.84° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.46° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.