The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2013
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
11:39 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1122
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 | 231.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.98° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.03° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.