The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 2054
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1629
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.56° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.70° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.