The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1948
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
11:24 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 317
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 | 234.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 8.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.42° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.35° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.