The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 2117
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
6:53 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 9.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.32° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.92° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.