The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
3:07 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1147
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 | 131.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -13.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.10° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.28° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| 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.