The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 1953
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
9:11 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 380
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 | 201.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 317.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.61° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.05° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.