The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 1984
New Moon
0.5% 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
6:29 AM
7:35 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.4° / 151.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 6.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.10° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.94° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.