The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 1900
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
6:32 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 162.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -7.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.70° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.89° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.