The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 2070
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
12:02 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1827
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.75° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.44° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.