The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 1908
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
6:28 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -177
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.6° / 182.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 8.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.08° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.43° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.