The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 1951
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 354
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.29° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.16° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.