The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 1959
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
12:51 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 453
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 | 251.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.52° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.52° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.