The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 2115
Waxing Crescent
38.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
11:09 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2384
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -25.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.75° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.34° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.