The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1948
Waning Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
12:30 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 318
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.65° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.48° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| 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.