The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1940
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
1:01 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 218
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 278.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.73° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.94° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.