The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% 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
4:56 PM
1:54 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3261
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 | 120.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.39° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.01° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.