The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
12:13 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 170
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 | 98.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.99° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.11° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.