The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
1:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 21
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.15° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.39° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.