The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2188
Waxing Crescent
6.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
9:52 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.1%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3286
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.55° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.62° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.