The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
6:21 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1419
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 334.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.12° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.70° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 220.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.