The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 2049
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
5:57 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1567
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 | 332.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.2° / 191.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 5.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.53° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.44° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.