The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 2142
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
10:39 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2718
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 | 64.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.91° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.18° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.