The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2068
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
5:51 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1802
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 195.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.14° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.04° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.