The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1922
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
9:26 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -4
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 119.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 1.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.20° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.42° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.04° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.