The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
2:30 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1011
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 | 129.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.77° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.53° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.