The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
4:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 8
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 | 158.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 355.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -15.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.32° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.44° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.