The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 1946
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
7:33 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 293
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 153.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 7.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.52° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.32° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.