The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1905
Waning Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
2:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -215
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 | 286.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.26° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.92° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.