The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
12:35 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -264
Events on this date
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Moon 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 | 116.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.26° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.49° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.