The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1916
Waning Crescent
14.2% 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
1:47 AM
5:07 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -79
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.02° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.40° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.