The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
1:03 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -26.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.50° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.90° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.