The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 2051
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
12:14 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1592
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.53° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.64° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.