The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2024
Waning Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
1:00 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 25.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.30° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.27° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.