The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 2125
Waning Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
4:43 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2506
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.61° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.85° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.