The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2040
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
10:28 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1456
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 13.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.07° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.23° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.