The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1933
Waxing Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
9:43 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 132
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 | 41.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 116.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.55° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.55° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.