The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 2152
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
5:30 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2841
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.8° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 23.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.48° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.40° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.