The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
12:26 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2285
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.11° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.70° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.