The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 1908
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
6:26 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -178
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 | 335.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.1° / 218.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.65° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.07° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.