The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 2048
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
8:54 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1555
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 | 197.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 319.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 11.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.20° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.65° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.