The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1974
First Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 639
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.28° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.19° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.06° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.