The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2092
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2098
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.62° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.95° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.