The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
2:58 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 21
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 49.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.27° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.20° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.