The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 25, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
2:18 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 61.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.03° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.72° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.