The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 2100
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
11:35 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2197
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.81° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.11° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| 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.