The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 2191
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
10:20 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3323
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.87° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.73° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.