The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 1906
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
11:07 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -201
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.51° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.84° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.