The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
2:02 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1147
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 | 118.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 65.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.92° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.46° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.