The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 1902
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
1:34 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -251
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.96° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.17° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.