The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1913
Last Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
1:29 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -116
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.34° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.28° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.