The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 1987
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
8:04 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 801
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 | 17.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 136.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -8.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.98° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.13° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.