The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
12:34 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 70
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.54° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.81° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.