The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 1954
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
6:05 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 392
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 189.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.10° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.65° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.