The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2024
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
11:42 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.00° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.09° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| 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.