The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 1904
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
6:08 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -226
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 10:44 AM, is deepest at 12:34 PM and ends at 2:24 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 350.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.78° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 179.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.