The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 1910
Waning Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
10:04 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -153
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 6.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.23° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.25° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.