The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
4:21 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 912
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 21.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -8.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.33° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.91° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.