The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 1929
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
1:37 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 83
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 24.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.51° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.85° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.