The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2024
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
2:12 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 27.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.18° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.45° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.