The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 1940
Last Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.56° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.03° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.28° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.