The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 1962
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
4:37 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 490
Events on this date
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.62° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.62° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.