The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1246
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 | 100.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 93.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -28.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.33° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.08° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.