The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
2:56 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 107
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 | 140.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.9° / 47.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -26.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.32° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.03° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.