The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
2:44 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1951
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 54.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.23° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.50° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| 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.