The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 1980
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
7:17 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 714
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 323.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / -1.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.27° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.