The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1975
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
9:32 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 651
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 | 211.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 301.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.34° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.