The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 2017
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
10:15 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1172
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 | 52.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -13.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.93° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.82° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.