The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 2001
First Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -23.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.75° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.54° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.