The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2044
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
8:18 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1506
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 132.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -14.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.86° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.90° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.