The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 2176
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
2:09 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3138
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 | 256.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 26.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.75° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.51° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.