The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 1981
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
5:55 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 217.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.91° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.80° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.