The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 1945
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
7:55 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 280
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 | 195.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -9.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.86° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.37° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.