The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 2116
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
9:49 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2396
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 308.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 12.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.33° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.27° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.