The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 1986
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
1:57 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 788
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 | 253.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 26.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.30° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.04° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.