The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
6:03 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 168.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 340.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.89° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.89° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.