The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 1970
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 279.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 27.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.72° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / -6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.97° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| 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.