The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 1979
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
9:20 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 701
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 | 21.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.01° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.84° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.