The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 1944
Waxing Crescent
41.4% 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
1:59 PM
11:50 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 269
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 | 79.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.40° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / -3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.74° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.