The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 2153
Waxing Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
10:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2853
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 | 63.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.17° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.13° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.