The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 1914
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
9:18 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -102
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 | 66.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 122.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.45° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.49° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.