The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2160
Last Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2939
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.44° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.94° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.38° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.