The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 1903
Waxing Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
8:48 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 127.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -13.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.96° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.95° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.