The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1915
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
5:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -91
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 2:44 PM, is deepest at 4:26 PM and ends at 6:09 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 348.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.95° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.33° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.