The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2155
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
6:51 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2877
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.7° / 222.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 25.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.53° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.90° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.