The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2138
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
11:43 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2667
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 291.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.00° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.52° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.