The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 2054
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
1:32 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1629
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 | 256.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.10° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.12° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.51° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.