The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 2066
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
10:30 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1778
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.70° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.99° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.