The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 2109
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
7:37 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2309
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 148.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 1.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.75° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.40° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 188.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.