The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
1:18 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2891
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 | 115.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.77° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.67° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.