The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1971
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
9:37 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 602
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.67° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.17° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.