The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
2:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2927
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 58.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -22.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.28° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.19° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| 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.