The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 2185
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
8:05 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3248
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.4° / 147.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.66° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.22° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.