The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 1921
Last Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -16
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.22° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.48° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.