The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 1907
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
9:06 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -189
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 | 215.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 312.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 8.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.12° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.56° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.