The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1944
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
11:23 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 268
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 | 63.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -8.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.92° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.08° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.