The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
4:37 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 16.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.91° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.42° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.