The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 2135
Waning Gibbous
95.1% 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
8:28 PM
9:28 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2631
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.78° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.88° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| 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.