The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
3:21 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1048
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.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.82° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.86° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| 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.