The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1986
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
12:56 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 788
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 24.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.38° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.85° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.