The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 2182
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
5:21 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3211
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 | 310.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 234.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.26° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.05° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.