The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 2120
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
7:54 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2446
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 138.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.06° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.90° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.8° |
| 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.