The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 2073
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
2:46 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1864
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.92° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.51° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.49° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.