The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
2:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -29
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.24° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.21° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.