The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 1916
Waning Crescent
6.9% 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
3:39 AM
5:00 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -78
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 | 329.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.13° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.76° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.