The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
1:36 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 71
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 | 118.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.99° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.51° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.