The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
2:39 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 207
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 | 137.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 57.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -10.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.14° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.79° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.