The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1937
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
9:44 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 181
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 | 213.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.96° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.