The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 2010
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
8:36 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1085
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 | 194.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.66° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.27° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.