The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2023
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
11:01 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 108.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -26.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.11° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.48° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.