The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 2108
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
9:41 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2296
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.51° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.