The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
2:22 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -128
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -25.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.98° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.11° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.