The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 2184
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
9:50 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3236
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 291.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.94° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.54° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.