The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
3:06 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1617
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 | 131.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 48.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -14.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.31° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.86° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.