The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% 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
4:44 PM
12:32 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2185
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 | 110.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.43° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.52° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.26° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.