The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 1971
Waxing Crescent
21.6% 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
12:20 PM
9:36 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 603
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 119.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.11° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.79° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.