The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 2010
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
7:37 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1085
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 331.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 6.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.