The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
1:24 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 306
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 77.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -25.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.22° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.90° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.