The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1918
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
9:48 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -54
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 6.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.15° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.