The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1941
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
9:26 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 231
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.66° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.24° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.