The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 1938
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
7:42 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 195
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 | 10.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 143.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -7.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.43° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.01° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.