The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1911
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
7:58 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -140
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 | 7.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.45° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.02° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.