The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 2071
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
8:09 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1840
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 137.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.17° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / -1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.78° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.