The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
3:07 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2557
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.42° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.86° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.