The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
12:48 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1716
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 | 110.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -26.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.58° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.49° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.