The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2052
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
7:52 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1605
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 141.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.36° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.60° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.