The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1919
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
7:26 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -42
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 160.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 10.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.20° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.81° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.