The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
2:30 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2086
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.40° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.65° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.