The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
1:21 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2556
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.80° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.21° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.