The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
3:05 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 342
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 | 142.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.6° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.72° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.24° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.