The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1935
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
5:52 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 156
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.6° / 240.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 23.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.26° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.47° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.