The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
11:46 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -165
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 | 96.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 99.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.07° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.09° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.