The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 1911
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
7:33 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -139
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 | 25.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 144.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.12° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.63° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.