The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 2144
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
4:59 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2741
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 | 304.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.54° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.64° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.