The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 1945
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
10:30 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 281
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 | 219.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.68° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.64° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.