The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 1955
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
11:46 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 404
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 | 82.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.02° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.85° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.