The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 1936
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
11:48 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 169
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 | 83.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.93° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.43° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.