The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 2048
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
9:58 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1555
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 | 209.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.99° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.82° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.