The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 1924
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
7:45 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 22
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 142.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -7.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.80° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.25° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.56° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.