The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
3:11 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 912
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 | 132.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -12.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.60° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.08° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.