The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 2114
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
3:56 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2370
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.6° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 59m / 23.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.10° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.40° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.