The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 2122
Last Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2469
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
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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 | 269.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.02° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.77° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.