The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 2036
Waxing Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
10:42 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1407
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.13° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.97° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.02° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.