The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
12:00 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1209
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 | 97.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -24.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.32° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.71° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.75° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.