The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
2:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 122.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 66.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.78° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.62° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.