The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 2103
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
4:00 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2235
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 21.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.00° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.32° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.