The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1930
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 AM
8:58 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 95
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 125.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.12° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.71° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.