The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 2122
Waning Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
4:10 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2470
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter 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 | 290.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 19.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.37° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.13° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.