The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 2193
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
7:00 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3348
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 160.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 1.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.58° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.96° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.