The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
12:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1580
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.79° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.72° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.