The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 1905
Waning Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
3:50 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -214
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.33° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.28° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.