The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 2016
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
3:41 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1159
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 | 285.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.90° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.29° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.