The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 1948
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
1:38 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 318
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 | 250.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 289.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 25.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.49° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.66° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.