The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 2052
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
8:24 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1605
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 132.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.84° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.38° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.