The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 2051
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
11:05 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1592
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 297.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.97° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.46° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.