The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 1926
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
10:28 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 46
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.19° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.84° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.