The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 1982
Waxing Crescent
45.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 739
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.80° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.33° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.