The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 1917
First Quarter
55.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
11:57 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -65
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -23.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.99° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.41° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.