The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 2081
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
1:58 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1963
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.36° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.87° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.