The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
1:37 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 113.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.72° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.15° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.