The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 1924
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
5:14 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 21
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 233.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.35° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.59° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.