The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1965
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
7:18 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 527
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 | 329.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.8° / 197.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 23.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.24° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.91° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.75° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.