The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 1903
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
8:23 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -239
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 26.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 134.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 0.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.39° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.34° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.