The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 2009
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
10:54 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1073
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 | 72.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -26.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.70° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.17° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.