The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 1983
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
9:28 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 751
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 305.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.32° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.07° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.