The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 2038
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
4:35 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1431
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 22.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.64° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.47° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.77° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.