The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 1943
Waning Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
5:10 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 256
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 237.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.58° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.18° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.